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these are the top tendo nors to -- or contributors to her opponent scott brown. so they really, really were digging in their pocket to try to prevent her election. >> yeah. the banks and insurance companies, all those folks that you mentioned, they understood what was at stake in the massachusetts senate race. now, the flip side is that elizabeth warren is one of the most popular progressive candidates among the grassroots, not just in massachusetts, not just in the eastern part of the country, but in the entire country as a whole. if she says she wants to be on the banking committee and that gets denied by the democratic leadership in the senate, they've got a political problem on their hands. you know, that will be a national issue because she commands that kind of support. she is a national figure. she's a progressive hero. that's not an understatement. so, you know, she has a huge base of support financially and just in spirit. and, you know, there's going to be a problem if she doesn't get what she wants with that banking committee. >> andy kroll, thanks for
these are the top tendo nors to -- or contributors to her opponent scott brown. so they really, really were digging in their pocket to try to prevent her election. >> yeah. the banks and insurance companies, all those folks that you mentioned, they understood what was at stake in the massachusetts senate race. now, the flip side is that elizabeth warren is one of the most popular progressive candidates among the grassroots, not just in massachusetts, not just in the eastern part of the...
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brown's famous truck behind them. i can't quite tell. kelly ayotte and susan collins are from sort of neighboring state. maybe that makes sense. this guy is not from a neighboring state. >> this man is the one i want most in the united states senate working side by side with me. >> scott brown is the one i want most in the united states senate. john mccain, kelly ayotte, susan collins are the three republicans. they are pretty much the only three republicans that scott deemed not too toxic to bring to massachusetts during his campaign. now that a senate seat might open in massachusetts, guess who is doing all of the dirty work to make sure that massachusetts senate seat opens up? i know it seems nuts. i if ul will i admit that it seems nuts. it makes a heck of a lot more sense than what john mccain is saying right now. it is the only thing that makes cents given the really, really, really incessantly hollow nature of all of these attacks against saw san rice. >>> earlier this afternoon, the great and good andrea mitchell did some digging
brown's famous truck behind them. i can't quite tell. kelly ayotte and susan collins are from sort of neighboring state. maybe that makes sense. this guy is not from a neighboring state. >> this man is the one i want most in the united states senate working side by side with me. >> scott brown is the one i want most in the united states senate. john mccain, kelly ayotte, susan collins are the three republicans. they are pretty much the only three republicans that scott deemed not...
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and the water turns like all musty brown. >> gonzales has been getting along with his new cellmate alvin lovely. then he learned that lovely was in jail awaiting trial on a murder charge. >> when i first found out about the charges it kind of took me off guard. i was like, whoa, okay. i started thinking of new ways how to play it off. i've got to be calm around this person. i shouldn't be talking much about this or this. i don't want to set off certain triggers that can make him mad because i'm with someone getting charged with murder. i'm not calling him a murder, but he's been there, done that, and i don't want him to know and i'll try to keep that from my mom, too, that i'm in with someone for murder and that helps her a lot, you know, doesn't know. doesn't hurt in this situation. >> while gonzales' mother might be concerned if she knew about her son's living situation, she can take comfort in knowing that the orange county jail might have realigned his priorities. >> like in my mug shot picture i stuck my tongue out. it was a joke to me, totally. spending 11 months, i just learned ho
and the water turns like all musty brown. >> gonzales has been getting along with his new cellmate alvin lovely. then he learned that lovely was in jail awaiting trial on a murder charge. >> when i first found out about the charges it kind of took me off guard. i was like, whoa, okay. i started thinking of new ways how to play it off. i've got to be calm around this person. i shouldn't be talking much about this or this. i don't want to set off certain triggers that can make him mad...
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the poll shows that republican senator scott brown and democratic challenger liz warren are deadlocked. this is the only poll in the last nine to show the senator up at all. the pew research number as released the final numbers. after calling it dead even in late october, it finds president obama is leading mitt romney, 5 50-47. everybody is a coy boys fan, but i digress. you may be above the people that don't believe that poll. according to the rule dubd the redskins rule, the last home game before an election has predicted 17 of the last 18 presidents, a win for the skins, and mitt a win for the incumbent president and a loss means the challenger lost. the skin losts which according to the rule means mitt romney would be the next president. the last time it was wrong john kerry lost to george w. bush in 2004. [ male announcer ] if you're eligible for medicare, now is a good time to think about your options. are you looking for a plan that really meets your needs and your budget? as you probably know, medicare only covers about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to yo
the poll shows that republican senator scott brown and democratic challenger liz warren are deadlocked. this is the only poll in the last nine to show the senator up at all. the pew research number as released the final numbers. after calling it dead even in late october, it finds president obama is leading mitt romney, 5 50-47. everybody is a coy boys fan, but i digress. you may be above the people that don't believe that poll. according to the rule dubd the redskins rule, the last home game...
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as joy-ann said, this machiavellian game, basically let's get kerry in this position and then scott brown could take over his seat, run for that seat in massachusetts, we get scott brownbach in? >> this is a little delicate because i know so many people involved. this is what i'll tell you from what i have heard. i have heard senator kerry stands ready to serve and is interested. i have heard from people close to white house that president obama strongly believes in susan rice and is leaning towards selecting her. i think he'd be happy with either of them because they're such strong foreign policy people. but what i've heard at this point in time subject to change is they are serious absusan rice. there isn't a big head fake here at this point. >> chip, to ari's point about the fact that rice is at a deficit going after ambassador rice on such an attack, such shaky ground, is it completely irrational what they're doing with ayotte and graham and mccain coming out to talk about the fact that they're meeting with ambassador rice leaves them scratching their heads and with more questions? of
as joy-ann said, this machiavellian game, basically let's get kerry in this position and then scott brown could take over his seat, run for that seat in massachusetts, we get scott brownbach in? >> this is a little delicate because i know so many people involved. this is what i'll tell you from what i have heard. i have heard senator kerry stands ready to serve and is interested. i have heard from people close to white house that president obama strongly believes in susan rice and is...
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organization and others spent against this president and against some of our candidates like a sherrod brown who was outspent 3 to 1 and still prevailed says a lot about the strength of our message and the inadequacy of trying to use anger points to motivate people, trying to use hate to motivate people and having a message about this country and inclusive of everyone. >> six of the eight candidates you supported did lose along with mitt romney. foster frieze said too much money was spent on advertising. donald trump tweeted that karl rove should be fired. did you make mistakes in how you spent the money? >> i want to address something that karen said. i don't know of any ads that were hateful. go and look at them on our youtube channel. that's a lot of spin right over there. on the senate side, we did and i'll be the first person to admit have problems on the recruitment side. over the last two election cycles, republicans lost at least six senate seats not because of bad messaging coming from our party, but we had candidates outraised and not ready for the platform that a senate candidate
organization and others spent against this president and against some of our candidates like a sherrod brown who was outspent 3 to 1 and still prevailed says a lot about the strength of our message and the inadequacy of trying to use anger points to motivate people, trying to use hate to motivate people and having a message about this country and inclusive of everyone. >> six of the eight candidates you supported did lose along with mitt romney. foster frieze said too much money was spent...
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white man with brown hair, white man with blond hair, old white guy, young white guy. do the republican party people in charge of the house, for example d they learn anything from the 2012 election results? not the big promotion that came before. look who's laughing, joan walsh, editor-at-large at salon. her new book "what's matter with white people," appropriate for tonight's discussion. tom davis is what we used to call moderate republican. former congressman from virginia. he's like the kind of people i grew up with in pennsylvania who were republicans, like bill scrand, tom ridge. joan, looking at that survey picture, a graphic we should look at again, all those dozens of committee chairs -- you can actually call them chairmen in that case. you don't have to get confused. the top three leader, speaker marks joert leader, majority whip all men, white guys. i guess that's to be assumed in some cases. in this republican case, i must say, what is going on here? >> it's almost like they're defiant, chris, like they're saying, you know, we're not going to listen to the e
white man with brown hair, white man with blond hair, old white guy, young white guy. do the republican party people in charge of the house, for example d they learn anything from the 2012 election results? not the big promotion that came before. look who's laughing, joan walsh, editor-at-large at salon. her new book "what's matter with white people," appropriate for tonight's discussion. tom davis is what we used to call moderate republican. former congressman from virginia. he's...
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massachusetts, polls show e lizzeth warren leading incumbent republican, scott brown. joe donally with a sizable lead over richard murdock. in wisconsin, tammy baldwin with a small lead over former republican tommy thompson. it is not just politicians on the ballot. voters will be changing laws themselves directly through hundreds of ballot initiatives with profound and far reaching consequences. in 1994, californians passed a proposition known as the three strikes law with 70% of the vote. anyone convicted of two felonies convicted of a third felony gets a sentence of 25 years to life. it became a model for dozens throughout the country with massive human consequences. over 40% of california prisoners serving life sentences were sentenced for -- african-american despite california being 6.6 african-american. three strikes stands as a stark reminder of the unintended democracy. the stakes are just as high in the stakes around the country as history is poised to be made. voters have the chance to legalize, regulate and tax marijuana for use by adults. voters in maryland
massachusetts, polls show e lizzeth warren leading incumbent republican, scott brown. joe donally with a sizable lead over richard murdock. in wisconsin, tammy baldwin with a small lead over former republican tommy thompson. it is not just politicians on the ballot. voters will be changing laws themselves directly through hundreds of ballot initiatives with profound and far reaching consequences. in 1994, californians passed a proposition known as the three strikes law with 70% of the vote....
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that's paul brown of georgia and on tuesday he won back his house seat and therefore his place on the house science committee. there was no suspense about his re-election, because he ran unoppoun oppos opposed. but in a development worthy of national recognition, i need to tell you that nearly 4,000 of paul braun's constituents went into the voting booth on tuesday and decided that just voting for unopposed paul braun or just not voting for anybody in that race, nearly 4,000 people in his district decided they would write in a worthy opponent for him. nearly 4,000 in his district wrote in the name charles darwin. instead of voting for the evolution is lies from the pit of hill guy. which is maybe as good a reminder as we are ever going to get in this country that's not just when things seem dire that we should hope for improvement. sometimes even when things go great, good-bye todd akin, sometimes there is still room for yet more good news on top of something you already thought was pretty good. even great days sometimes get better. even something, for example, as great as a whiskey c
that's paul brown of georgia and on tuesday he won back his house seat and therefore his place on the house science committee. there was no suspense about his re-election, because he ran unoppoun oppos opposed. but in a development worthy of national recognition, i need to tell you that nearly 4,000 of paul braun's constituents went into the voting booth on tuesday and decided that just voting for unopposed paul braun or just not voting for anybody in that race, nearly 4,000 people in his...
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she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but it's also dumb. if you look at the front page of the "new york times" today, there's a story that says all the highly skilled people in china are actually leaving to go elsewhere. so it seems like a dumb ad in the likes of that analysis. >> plus, to offend your largest creditor, which clearly it's offensive as well and borderline racist -- >> zen o phobia never hurt some of these organizations. >> there's no reason to offend your largest creditor. we need to work with the chinese, we need to work with the japanese, we need to work with all the people who are financing our massive debt and not offend them in any way. >> many of our viewers who know you because of our writings and know that you spend a consi
she lost the governorship to jerry brown who obviously spent a lot less. because you're spending this money doesn't mean that you're persuading voters to your point of view. >> to your point, we have an ad which is from americans for prosperity which imagines a future world in which china dominates the united states. it's a pretty ugly ad. >> yes. >> but it's also dumb. if you look at the front page of the "new york times" today, there's a story that says all the...
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far more comfortable with brown's successor david cameron. they have gone to great lengths to show their relationship is alive and well. earlier this year they took in a basketball game together in march madness but the next day the leaders took pains to prove they were on the same page politically as well as personally. >> david shares my belief that in a time of rapid change the leadership of the united states and the united kingdom is more important than ever. so, david, thank you as always for being such an outstanding ally, partner, and friend. >> as barack has said, the relationship between britain and america is the strongest that it has ever been. i believe that's because we're working together as closely as at any point in our history. >>> in a test of that alliance cameron resisted pressure from inside his own country and stuck with obama on the 2014 time line to get troops out of afghanistan. the two countries have weathered the financial crisis by maintaining $180 billion trade relationship under cameron's watch, britain took a le
far more comfortable with brown's successor david cameron. they have gone to great lengths to show their relationship is alive and well. earlier this year they took in a basketball game together in march madness but the next day the leaders took pains to prove they were on the same page politically as well as personally. >> david shares my belief that in a time of rapid change the leadership of the united states and the united kingdom is more important than ever. so, david, thank you as...
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from two, a national health perspective, really do you want a sort of white male party and a brown party with white women kind of being split back and forth? seems -- >> that sounds like a lot of southern races. you saw this up close 15 years ago. >> absolutely. i remember -- you can talk about all this data. i remember the gore campaign in 2000, our big technological move was putting a webcam in the campaign headquarters so people could watch online. >> i'm sure it was fascinating. >> big legacy thing that will help democrats in the future is never before has the democratic party been able to combine their data sets, fund-raisers, online organizers, their voter file which has been around a long time, their volunteer database. it took months in chicago to do this. this is something that lasts. >> this will be a gift to the democratic party. >> but just eight years ago we were talking about, ken mehlman and karl rove have just made this an unbeatable party every improve upon, and the incentive is to the loser often, to go and upgrade. so we see everything improving. but i don't think that
from two, a national health perspective, really do you want a sort of white male party and a brown party with white women kind of being split back and forth? seems -- >> that sounds like a lot of southern races. you saw this up close 15 years ago. >> absolutely. i remember -- you can talk about all this data. i remember the gore campaign in 2000, our big technological move was putting a webcam in the campaign headquarters so people could watch online. >> i'm sure it was...
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to see michael brown criticizing president obama today for reacting. i mean, my goodness! >> right. >> so i think that we can't guarantee that any particular agency will work perfectly but we do have to think about which leader is going to put in position people who can act effectively, who will respect the professional workers and government who do such a good job, it was important to hear john nichols talking earlier about the laborers who come out to putting their own lives at risk in situations like this, you know, we need to maintain support for this. and i want to be clear that over the last 15 years, we have seen republican administrations eviscerate the professional workers in federal agencies, we have seen republican governors eviscerate state agencies, and in my view that's what makes us less resilient and more vulnerable. >> i just want to say because i think the point that you make picks up this idea that you say that nobody really seriously takes their idea of lessening government a serious point. >> i don't mean lessening, i mean privatiz
to see michael brown criticizing president obama today for reacting. i mean, my goodness! >> right. >> so i think that we can't guarantee that any particular agency will work perfectly but we do have to think about which leader is going to put in position people who can act effectively, who will respect the professional workers and government who do such a good job, it was important to hear john nichols talking earlier about the laborers who come out to putting their own lives at...
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it was not the first but the macy's thanksgiving day parade is the biggest and the charlie brown float has made the most appearances. chuck has been in six parades since '68. >> it's the great pumpkin. he's rising out of the pumpkin patch. >> no, it is snoopy, linus. while we have yet to find the great pumpkin we found the most gourds are produced in illinois. and what is america's favorite pie forring thissing in? it is pumpkin. just over 50% picked pumpkin in a cnn poll, apple a distant second and then berry and other fruit pies 6%. those are your number ones on weekends with alex witt. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. ♪ don't know what i'd do ♪ i'd have nothing to prove ♪ i'd have nothing to lose [ male announcer ] zales is the diamond store. take an extra 10 percent off storewide, now through sunday. the capability of a pathfinder with the comfort of a sedan and create a next-gen s.u.v. with
it was not the first but the macy's thanksgiving day parade is the biggest and the charlie brown float has made the most appearances. chuck has been in six parades since '68. >> it's the great pumpkin. he's rising out of the pumpkin patch. >> no, it is snoopy, linus. while we have yet to find the great pumpkin we found the most gourds are produced in illinois. and what is america's favorite pie forring thissing in? it is pumpkin. just over 50% picked pumpkin in a cnn poll, apple a...
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most think they don't like them because they are brown per se. >> i think it needs to understand something. there's a weird disconnect here. george w. bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have begun flying. >> eight years earlier, it's not some miracle or mystery how. he liked them. he spoke spanish. talked about comprehensive immigration reform. he was not hostile. he was not ugly spirited. and he was somebody who had a record in previous -- in his governorship of being open and inclusive and admiring of the power of immigration. something happened in the republican party. a semipsychotic break in 2005 for reasons i don't entirely understand. it's been destructive. it has been almost a destructive force. you cannot name a single congressional canndidate who ha benefited from being a harsh immigration res
most think they don't like them because they are brown per se. >> i think it needs to understand something. there's a weird disconnect here. george w. bush won 22% more of the vote in 2004 than he won in 2000 in part by upping, not entirely but the hispanic vote went up 10% or 30% based on his base. he was someone who spoke. he didn't get 27% which is what romney got. obviously if romney had got ebb 40% of the hispanic vote he would have won the election. >> and pigs would have...
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. >>> republicans are doing everything they can to get scott brown back in the senate, beginning with their attack on u.n. ambassador susan rice. that's coming up next. cookie. when they unite...magic. cookie! [ male announcer ] and anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't deserve the extra chocolate chips. download zeebox free, and make magic when you watch tv. doesn't deserve ti'i invest in what i know.r. i turned 65 last week. i'm getting married. planning a life. there are risks, sure. but, there's no reward without it. i want to be prepared for the long haul. i see a world bursting with opportunities. india, china, brazil, ishares, small-caps, large-caps, ishares. industrials. low cost. every dollar counts. ishares. income. dividends. bonds. i like bonds. ishares. commodities. diversification. choices. my own ideas. ishares. i want to use the same stuff the big guys use. ishares. 9 out of 10 large, professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. introducing the ishares core, etfs for the heart of your portfolio. tax efficient and low cost building blocks to help you keep more of
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. >>> republicans are doing everything they can to get scott brown back in the senate, beginning with their attack on u.n. ambassador susan rice. that's coming up next. [ male announcer ] zeebox is the free app that makes watching tv even better. if your tv were a slow running teenager, zeebox would be a horror movie monster. together they'd create heart-pounding magic... ahhhhhhhh, i fell over. grooaaaaaarrrr! [ screams ] ...that would forever bring couples closer on couches. download zeebox free, and go... grooaaaaaarrrr! ...when you watch tv. >>> i've got one mandate. i've got a mandate to help middle class families and families that are working hard to try to get in the middle class. that's my mandate. that's what the american people said. they said work really hard to help us. don't worry about the politics of it, don't worry about the party interests, don't worry about the special interests. just work really hard to see if you can help us get ahead. >> that was president obama's answer when asked today at his presidential news conference if he had a mandate on taxes. and the pre
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i think scott brown tarnished himself with a way he ran against elizabeth warren. i think if ed marky jumps in it and he's thought about it for years and years, you know him well, lawrence. he'd be a funded candidate. have a lot of support up there. i think that the performance of john mccain and lindsey graham and now kelly ayotte, is just mostly political theatre as it relates to susan rice. yes, there are legitimate questions about benghazi globally for american diplomats, but the susan rice thing has a sort of measure of insanity about it and really is a kind of thing lawrence and we've seen it a million times. sometimes, washington goes crazy over what is essentially a non substantive high school orkt and i think that's what the thing with susan rice is. acknowledging the legitimate issues, susan rice is not the issue. definitely not the issue. if i were susan rice, i'd be mad at the press people for sending her out there the way she did. they handed her a bad piece of paper, look a good soldier, she went out there and said it on five channels. it's not her fa
i think scott brown tarnished himself with a way he ran against elizabeth warren. i think if ed marky jumps in it and he's thought about it for years and years, you know him well, lawrence. he'd be a funded candidate. have a lot of support up there. i think that the performance of john mccain and lindsey graham and now kelly ayotte, is just mostly political theatre as it relates to susan rice. yes, there are legitimate questions about benghazi globally for american diplomats, but the susan rice...
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the elizabeth warren/scott brown race was pretty close by massachusetts standards. the margin in the senate race, this election, had the democrat winning by eight points, which sounds like a lot in a normal state that would be a lot. but in the presidential race, the democrat won the presidential race by a heck of a lot more than 8 points. the democrat won by 23 points. and that is a fairly normal margin by which democrats beat republicans in the state of massachusetts. so given that, scott brown losing by only eight can be considered kind of a victory. it's at least pretty close. and after that loss, that scott brown loss, and than credibly-expensive and hard-fought race, immediately thereafter, republicans wanted to talk about how to get scott brown back to washington. and now today to them it seems so close they can taste it. because although john kerry is still a senator from massachusetts, after his very high-profile role in the obama campaign and speaking gig at the democratic national convention, after that john kerry's name was put forward as one possibility
the elizabeth warren/scott brown race was pretty close by massachusetts standards. the margin in the senate race, this election, had the democrat winning by eight points, which sounds like a lot in a normal state that would be a lot. but in the presidential race, the democrat won the presidential race by a heck of a lot more than 8 points. the democrat won by 23 points. and that is a fairly normal margin by which democrats beat republicans in the state of massachusetts. so given that, scott...
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let's go to tina brown now. i'll give you a choice, the obama conquest, lucky general or master of the game? you want to answer the question? or should we talk about general petraeus? >> how can we resist talking about general petraeus. you know, this whole thing has turned into the most wild steamy complex soap opera that it's just unbelievable. i mean every day a fresh detail, you know, emerges. now we have general allen in the mix. it's almost -- you've got these two women, the brunette bombshell of the high command kelley and the well-toned paula broadwell, with the counterinsurgent smile. it's becoming insane by the minute. i think it's a tragedy to lose petraeus, i do. i think the guy's so stellar and so honorable and so, you know, so important right now. >> it's also a tragedy for all of the families involved. and i wonder would the reporters you have working on "newsweek" and "the daily beast," has anything come across your desk that really questions national security? that really brings this to the fore
let's go to tina brown now. i'll give you a choice, the obama conquest, lucky general or master of the game? you want to answer the question? or should we talk about general petraeus? >> how can we resist talking about general petraeus. you know, this whole thing has turned into the most wild steamy complex soap opera that it's just unbelievable. i mean every day a fresh detail, you know, emerges. now we have general allen in the mix. it's almost -- you've got these two women, the...
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sherrod brown, democratic senator from ohio. thank you, sir. >>> still ahead, who is being dug up tomorrow? and why? turns out, it's important. that's coming up. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. a regular guy with an irregular heartbeat. the usual, bob? not today. [ male announcer ] bob has afib: atrial fibrillation not caused by a heart valve problem, a condition that puts him at greater risk for a stroke. [ gps ] turn left. i don't think so. [ male announcer ] for years, bob took warfarin, and made a monthly trip to the clinic to get his blood tested. but not anymore. bob's doctor recommended a different option: once-a-day xarelto®. xarelto® is the first and only once-a-day prescription blood thinner for patients with afib not caused by a he
sherrod brown, democratic senator from ohio. thank you, sir. >>> still ahead, who is being dug up tomorrow? and why? turns out, it's important. that's coming up. try running four.ning a restaurant is hard, fortunately we've got ink. it gives us 5x the rewards on our internet, phone charges and cable, plus at office supply stores. rewards we put right back into our business. this is the only thing we've ever wanted to do and ink helps us do it. make your mark with ink from chase. a...
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you can't just dangle a couple brown people in front of minorities and say look at that guy and think you can wipe away 30 years of negative messaging. the base of the republican party is anti-immigration, they don't want they consider to be amnesty for the 11 million living in this country. they are going to reject it. so i'm not sure how republicans think that a democratic president signing a dream act will help them. on substantive issues outside of mim i gration the latino population is trending towards democrats on other issues, economic and social. >> that's a good point. if the dream act is signed into law, doesn't president obama get credit for that more so than republicans? >> sure. sure. no look, it's -- when you box yourself into a corner, you're in the corner. you can't all of a sudden not want to be in that corner if you box yourself into that corner. yeah. it's a fact that if president obama signs a dream act, even though it's a bipartisan bill, he will get much of the credit. i disagree a little bit with my dear friend joy in that i think in the whole, latino population
you can't just dangle a couple brown people in front of minorities and say look at that guy and think you can wipe away 30 years of negative messaging. the base of the republican party is anti-immigration, they don't want they consider to be amnesty for the 11 million living in this country. they are going to reject it. so i'm not sure how republicans think that a democratic president signing a dream act will help them. on substantive issues outside of mim i gration the latino population is...
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elizabeth warren in massachusetts for scott brown. what a change from a moderate republican to a liberal, consumer-focused democrat. chris murphy in connecticut doing the same thing replacing joe lieberman. moderate guy. often voted with republicans. chris murphy, not so much. >> i was with michael dukakis teaching at northeastern today. i was there helping to get legal protection for medical situations. he was killed for being a liberal. he's a liberal, that's the end of the argument, you know. >> isn't that part of it? they were apologizing for it all the time. that doesn't really get you anywhere. the important thing though when we talk about what's happening on the hill is you don't have to be a moderate to be a good negotiator. with exceptions like olympia snowe. some of the best negotiators on the hill have been liberals or conservatives. >> that's my speech today. >> ted kennedy, pete domenici, so -- >> my speech is your best kitch constituency is your conscience. you don't have to pretend you're one of nor quist's robots. than
elizabeth warren in massachusetts for scott brown. what a change from a moderate republican to a liberal, consumer-focused democrat. chris murphy in connecticut doing the same thing replacing joe lieberman. moderate guy. often voted with republicans. chris murphy, not so much. >> i was with michael dukakis teaching at northeastern today. i was there helping to get legal protection for medical situations. he was killed for being a liberal. he's a liberal, that's the end of the argument,...
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. >>> senator sherrod brown of ohio joins us straight ahead. stay with us. >>> what these democrats have in mind is a change for the purpose of consolidating their own power and further marginalizing the minority voices the senate was built to protect. >> republican senator mitch mcconnell today on why democrats should not change the senate rules in order to stop his minority republican party from controlling what happens in the senate. joining us now for the interview is sherrod brown, senator from ohio who just won reelection, even though he got buried in ads run against him. senator brown, congratulations on your reelection. i haven't seen you since. >> thank you, rachel. and i heard you call the race on your show, so thank you. >> ta da! if you are going to be in the senate for another six years now, i have to ask you directly, should the rules in the senate change there on day one in january? >> yeah, absolutely. the same gentleman you just listened to, mitch mcconnell, talked about the dysfunction in the senate. that's what's happened the
. >>> senator sherrod brown of ohio joins us straight ahead. stay with us. >>> what these democrats have in mind is a change for the purpose of consolidating their own power and further marginalizing the minority voices the senate was built to protect. >> republican senator mitch mcconnell today on why democrats should not change the senate rules in order to stop his minority republican party from controlling what happens in the senate. joining us now for the interview...
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that obviously impacts low income people and black and brown people, democratic voters the most. quickly what i would say is overall i think we need a whole new conversation on protecting our constitutional right to vote. it cannot be about do you have the right i.d. or not. it has to be about how do we make sure -- if we're going to make sure everybody gets to boi a gun, let's make sure everybody gets to vote. >> ari, to that point the president won florida so what's the problem? >> that is the way, unfortunately, the way a lot of she's issues play out. throughout american history democracy here has not only been about who to vote for, it's been about who gets to vote. this is an important turning point. i'm a lawyer and i can tell you, three a lot of bad things that are legal. it's bad to lie. it's not illegal. it's bad to commit adultery but it's usually not illegal. it's bad to make it hard to vote, but that is allowed. what is not allowed under the supreme court precedent from 2009 is to make it hard to vote for the purposes of winning an election or discriminating on the ba
that obviously impacts low income people and black and brown people, democratic voters the most. quickly what i would say is overall i think we need a whole new conversation on protecting our constitutional right to vote. it cannot be about do you have the right i.d. or not. it has to be about how do we make sure -- if we're going to make sure everybody gets to boi a gun, let's make sure everybody gets to vote. >> ari, to that point the president won florida so what's the problem?...
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and that's the reason so many black and brown people, and so many white voters, by the way, don't vote for the republican party. >> yeah, i think that was well said. i think a lot of white people are turned off by this old style stuff. joanie, my question to you, my dear friend, how do you explain romney, who left the stage with such grace on election night, i'll tribute to that forever the way he did it, now going back over this again saying they bought the minority vote. this is the kind of thing he was saying during the campaign, remember. he was saying, they get rid of work requirement for welfare because he had to pay off his base. the feeding of the base. it's a theme he's still pushing. >> why does he say it, chris? because he really believes it. they really believe this is what it's all about and we've all been paid off. as cynthia says, i'm still waiting for my gifts, too. the thing that irks me to hear the two people from wisconsin speak so dismisses ively about their own population and own state -- i mean, paul ryan lost his own district, his city, his hometown, which is not
and that's the reason so many black and brown people, and so many white voters, by the way, don't vote for the republican party. >> yeah, i think that was well said. i think a lot of white people are turned off by this old style stuff. joanie, my question to you, my dear friend, how do you explain romney, who left the stage with such grace on election night, i'll tribute to that forever the way he did it, now going back over this again saying they bought the minority vote. this is the...
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thai, mayor brown of california -- san francisco. ashley, thanks for coming on. >>> it's not business, it's personal. that public dispute between john mccain and president obama over susan rice. could it be mccain hasn't gotten over the 2008 election. we're sort of stacking up revenge here on the other side. i got nothing more to say about that. >>> plus spy fall, what we're learning about the affair that brought down the cia chief and perhaps derailed the promoths of the top general. besides complaining about how president obama won re-election by giving away gifts to minorities and young voters, wonder what mitt romney has been doing since the election? david letterman has an idea. >> today mitt romney drew a picture of the house of representatives chamber and gave a state of the union address in front of it. >> and the fourth new entitlement, obama care, we'd repeal that one. >> we have a few more of those sugar plums in the "sideshow." >>> plet me finish with a book about when we had a hero for a president. this is "hardball," th
thai, mayor brown of california -- san francisco. ashley, thanks for coming on. >>> it's not business, it's personal. that public dispute between john mccain and president obama over susan rice. could it be mccain hasn't gotten over the 2008 election. we're sort of stacking up revenge here on the other side. i got nothing more to say about that. >>> plus spy fall, what we're learning about the affair that brought down the cia chief and perhaps derailed the promoths of the top...
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as a cabinet secretary, that would open up his senate seat and democrats might be worried that scott brown would be able to pull that senate seat from the democrats, but then to move him over to the secretary of defense would still create that same problem and it's not really the position that kerry wants. it's an interesting jigsaw puzzle we're looking at, and you might have a difficult -- susan rice is having a tough time for secretary of state, i wouldn't be shocked see republicans make an issue of john kerry giving everything we've dealt with with his presidential bid. >> good to see both of you, thank you. >> thanks. >>> also making news this morning, new york governor andrew cuomo is asking the federal government for $42 billion for recovery and rebuilding saying hurricane sandy was worse than katrina in some ways. the governor said while more people were killed by katrina, sandy had a bigger economic impact because of the dense population of the new york city area. cuomo has invited house speaker john boehner to come to new york to tour the damage. >>> a peanut processing plant link
as a cabinet secretary, that would open up his senate seat and democrats might be worried that scott brown would be able to pull that senate seat from the democrats, but then to move him over to the secretary of defense would still create that same problem and it's not really the position that kerry wants. it's an interesting jigsaw puzzle we're looking at, and you might have a difficult -- susan rice is having a tough time for secretary of state, i wouldn't be shocked see republicans make an...
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the notion scott brown would be a frontrunner to replace kerry if he were to tep out of that seat. the democrats have a little more cushion but not a seat that democrats would want to put in jeopardy and that's a mark against kerry. you also have someone very good in the senate in jack reed from rhode island who a lot think would be a great defense secretary. they have options. again to go to chuck hagel, strong people out there for both these jobs. they will fill them well one way or the other. >> and one point, chuck hagel is, of course, ray lahood was a republican but i think ray is probably going to leave as well. chuck hagel would be a great appointment and he's best suited for defense. wouldn't you agree with that? >> i think that's probably right. >> if you have reached a consensus on it -- >> chuck it is. >> i have decided not to leave this position for secretary of defense. i hate to say it now, ahead of the actual -- >> who would be better to take on the military end strum stril complex than you. >> we have to go to break. president obama turns mitt romney's 47% problem i
the notion scott brown would be a frontrunner to replace kerry if he were to tep out of that seat. the democrats have a little more cushion but not a seat that democrats would want to put in jeopardy and that's a mark against kerry. you also have someone very good in the senate in jack reed from rhode island who a lot think would be a great defense secretary. they have options. again to go to chuck hagel, strong people out there for both these jobs. they will fill them well one way or the...
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have the browns paid you for their addition yet? your finances are scattered all over the place. what are your monthly expenses? you keep your receipts in plastic baggies? seriously? [ announcer ] get it done and get it off your mind... with quickbooks. organize your small business finances... all in one place. quickbooks pulls in information from other sources. even online banking and customer information. visit tryquickbooksfree.com today to start for free. and now your business can be at your fingertips, anywhere, with the convenient mobile app. from creating customized invoices, to tracking sales and expenses, quickbooks can help you manage... every detail of your business. and at tax time, all your records... will be automatically organized and ready to go, saving you time on prep work. quickbooks, guaranteed easy or your money back. learn more and start for free... at tryquickbooksfree.com. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an antihistamin
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at some point the republicans have to put their ideals out there and compete for black and brown voters more efficiently. this is not the way to win national elections. our next segment talks about whether there are particular ways to target some of these groups like black and brown voters o p their radio. before we go, i want to say this. we in nerdland sincerely hope that we are not going to need to bring back this week in voter suppression as a segment after the election. but i promise you this, we will stay on the issue and if there are those out there trying to suppress your rights, we will report on it. i want to make a special mention of one of our own nerds. tracy curry has been the producer week in and week out putting together almost every voter suppression segment we have done on this show. tracy has been on top of every aspect of this story. sometimes producers don't get the credit that they deserve. today is tracy's birthday. feel free, #tracy happy birthday, nerdland. send her some love. she's been doing hard work on this week with voter suppression. up next, we're going t
at some point the republicans have to put their ideals out there and compete for black and brown voters more efficiently. this is not the way to win national elections. our next segment talks about whether there are particular ways to target some of these groups like black and brown voters o p their radio. before we go, i want to say this. we in nerdland sincerely hope that we are not going to need to bring back this week in voter suppression as a segment after the election. but i promise you...
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>> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the massachusetts senate seat that scott brown could run for. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and process, nominate john kerry, who is imminently qualified to be secretary of state and i believe he would sail through in the nominating process. >> joining me now, ari mel ber. ari, you're coming to us tonight from kerry country, boston and i've got to think this is a horrible moment for senator kerry. you don't want to be the guy who gets praise from the mindless attackers of susan rice. >> yeah, i don't think he wants any part of this very weird boomerang play the republicans are trying to practice. he knows her well because as chairman of foreign relations committee, he oversees the state department, looking at the diplomacy and ambassadors and working with secretary clinton and ambassador rice. >> well, today, ambassador rice met with susan collins and bob corker and here are the lies those senators told
>> today, republican senators continued to try to open up the massachusetts senate seat that scott brown could run for. >> i think john kerry would be an excellent appointment and would be easily confirmed by his colleagues. >> if the president wants an easy confirmation hearing and process, nominate john kerry, who is imminently qualified to be secretary of state and i believe he would sail through in the nominating process. >> joining me now, ari mel ber. ari, you're...
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tigers still makes him the fourth highest paid coach in college football behind only nick saban, mack brown at texas and bob stoops at oklahoma. miles has a record 85-20 in his 8 seasons with lsu. >>> and one final plea, if you're with the gator bowl and you're watching this right now, invite vanderbilt to the game. we all want to go. everyone who ever went to vanderbilt will come to jacksonville, florida, to root on the team in this game. on the gator bowl. >> with joe not being here, aren't we tired of alabama being in the championship game? >> they'll be there again, my friend. >> and take a whooping. >> that means you're tired of them winning. >> we will not go over the fiscal cliff, and notre dame will beat alabama. i can't wait for joe to get here to put it in his mug ahead of time. >>> the science of e-mail fund-raising. how the obama campaign mastered the art of asking for money over and over again. bloomberg businessweek's josh green joins us next with an exclusive first look at his new piece on "morning joe." >>> beautiful picture of the sun coming up over washington. joining us n
tigers still makes him the fourth highest paid coach in college football behind only nick saban, mack brown at texas and bob stoops at oklahoma. miles has a record 85-20 in his 8 seasons with lsu. >>> and one final plea, if you're with the gator bowl and you're watching this right now, invite vanderbilt to the game. we all want to go. everyone who ever went to vanderbilt will come to jacksonville, florida, to root on the team in this game. on the gator bowl. >> with joe not being...
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or i've heard from some democrats the possibility that the only one who could beat scott brown would be joe kennedy iii. what a story that would be. >> throwing a stick of dynamite. >> joe kennedy iii in the house for a few weeks and then runs for the senate, that would be quite a story from a political reporter's standpoint. >> luke, sometimes we talk to you, it's kind of darkened halls, nothing much going on. today you are at the center of the action. >> fired up and ready to go. hey, coppens for mayor. >> mckay coppens for mayor. >> go on twitter if you don't know what that's about. >> thank you. >> tennessee senator bob corker spoke after his meeting with ambassador rice. we will bring you that after the break. ♪ [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to compare plans and costs. you don't have to make changes. but it never hurts to see if you can find better coverage, save money, or both. and check out the preventive benefits you get after the health care law. ♪ open enrollment ends december 7th. so now's the time. visit medicare.gov o
or i've heard from some democrats the possibility that the only one who could beat scott brown would be joe kennedy iii. what a story that would be. >> throwing a stick of dynamite. >> joe kennedy iii in the house for a few weeks and then runs for the senate, that would be quite a story from a political reporter's standpoint. >> luke, sometimes we talk to you, it's kind of darkened halls, nothing much going on. today you are at the center of the action. >> fired up and...
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but winning and brown beating josh mandel.eating akin, and bob re-election in pennsylvania, bill nelson winningflor o by the angus king replacing he we still don't have a call still too close tstabenow winning. still waiting on monta and north dakota. >> both rig call. >> the president has only lost tworond indiana, compared to what he was facing unemployment the democratic re-elect in recent terms, it was bill clinton and he was 18 points ahead of b that campaign and bob dole was a great guy and well liked by democrats but he was not a challenging presidential candidate to go up against and clinton won that with less than 50% of the vote. >> i romney campaign is not conceding the romney campaign is not conceding ohio. that was my mistake. kelly o'donnell is reporting that the state director in ohio nformed us that they do not believe thatdecided. ohio is president obama andt was what put him over the top to victory tonight butaign so far says, not so fast. we'll see what we can do to get somebody from the romney campaign to he can plain that to us in terms of a republicanx echo chambe
but winning and brown beating josh mandel.eating akin, and bob re-election in pennsylvania, bill nelson winningflor o by the angus king replacing he we still don't have a call still too close tstabenow winning. still waiting on monta and north dakota. >> both rig call. >> the president has only lost tworond indiana, compared to what he was facing unemployment the democratic re-elect in recent terms, it was bill clinton and he was 18 points ahead of b that campaign and bob dole was a...
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you look the way that scott brown has had to defend his vote against california began and the way that the republicans campaigned against sotomayor. it's amazing they have been left out. >> and knowing how important women are to the obama campaign. if he does get women above 56% and particularly if younger women don't turn out, then obama's chances may be doomed. and knowing that, why not emphasize i apointed two women to the supreme court who were the third and fourth women ever appointed to the court in the history of the country. they may have missed an opportunity. >> they did draw a sharp distinction with the republicans. in large part because they had such -- it's so easy to do that. especially with paul ryan on the ticket. there have been anti-abortion on the past, but never one with a legislative trail like paul ryan's. and mitt romney has gone almost as extreme as mr. ryan has in overturning roe versus wade. he would do that against the contraception hostility. i can see on women's issues in particular, you want to be on offense talking about your own record. >> but this was g
you look the way that scott brown has had to defend his vote against california began and the way that the republicans campaigned against sotomayor. it's amazing they have been left out. >> and knowing how important women are to the obama campaign. if he does get women above 56% and particularly if younger women don't turn out, then obama's chances may be doomed. and knowing that, why not emphasize i apointed two women to the supreme court who were the third and fourth women ever...
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you have a number of progressive senators, notably sherrod brown of ohio have said that's absolutely a non-starter for him. maybe you could structure something way out in the future. but social security really isn't the big problem. and i think that could be fixed relatively easily. it's controlling the costs of medicare. and pulling back on some of the benefits. and i do think the president is going to make a deal that his base will not like, but the republicans have to do the same thing. it's not going to be a real compromise unless there are people who are angry on both sides. >> good point. hey, reid, are we going to get any guarantees if we get $1 trillion in cuts in savings it goes to cutting the deficit and it isn't spent? >> no, of course not. there are no guarantees on any of this side. it's going to be fascinating to watch. by the way, the fiscal cliff is not just the sequester and the bush tax cuts. we also have to add in the alternative minimum tax, which john boehner has brought up that we haven't even dealt with the usual amt fix this year. we've also got the debt ceili
you have a number of progressive senators, notably sherrod brown of ohio have said that's absolutely a non-starter for him. maybe you could structure something way out in the future. but social security really isn't the big problem. and i think that could be fixed relatively easily. it's controlling the costs of medicare. and pulling back on some of the benefits. and i do think the president is going to make a deal that his base will not like, but the republicans have to do the same thing. it's...